The Cure - Wild Mood Swings - Music & Performance - CD

With a career that covers nearly 2 decades and over 25 million units sold, The Cure returned with their first album of new music in 4 years. Once again, Robert Smith created a kaleidoscopic dream world of sound - from minimalist repetition to reverb-drenched atmospherics.

After the relatively straightforward pop of Wish, the Cure moved back toward stranger, edgier territory with Wild Mood Swings. Actually, that's only part of the truth. As the title suggests, there's a vast array of textures and emotions on Wild Mood Swings, from the woozy mariachi lounge horns of "The 13th" to the perfect pop of "Mint Car" and the monolithic dirge of "Want." In between the extremes, Robert Smith and the Cure -- which now feature a radically reworked lineup, with several key players from Wish now missing -- explore some simpler territory, from contemplative acoustic numbers tinged with strings to swooning neo-psychedelia. But what ties it all together is conviction -- Smith sounds more content than he ever has, but he sings with more passion than he has for a number of years. Of course, the Cure haven't significantly changed their sound -- tinny synthesizers and guitar effects that haven't appeared on an album since 1988 are in abundance throughout the record -- but the variety of sounds and strength of performance offers enough surprises to make Wild Mood Swings more than just another Cure record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Performer	The Cure
Music genre	Rock
Music subgenre	CD - ALTERNATIVE ROCK
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Edition	Standard
Is collectible	Y
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	The Cure - Wild Mood Swings [COMPACT DISCS]
Track listing	Want, Club America, This Is a Lie, The 13th, Strange Attraction, Mint Car, Jupiter Crash, Round & Round & Round, Gone!, Numb, Return, Trap, Treasure, Bare
Record label	Elektra / WEA
Track name	Want, Club America, This Is a Lie, The 13th, Strange Attraction, Mint Car, Jupiter Crash, Round & Round & Round, Gone!, Numb, Return, Trap, Treasure, Bare
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N